Franska medier gör gällande att Macron lovat att tillhandahålla ett antal Dassault Mirage 2000-plan till Ukraina:
French President Macron promises Ukraine Mirage aircraft to fend off Russian attacks
Det här är ju något som rykten har figurerat om kring lång tid, och som vi berört flera gånger tidigare:
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Olika antal har nämnts också:
40 Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets for Ukraine – Intelligence Online
Mirage 2000 är ju en ganska gammal flygplanstyp, även om den har hottats upp en del i senare versioner, som Mirage 2000-5, Mirage 2000-5 Mk 2 och exportversionen av den senare; Mirage 2000-9 (se vidare Dassaults
förfärliga skrytbroschyr)
Jaktmissilen MBDA Meteor finns av allt att döma inte integrerad i Mirage 2000, utan man är i så fall hänvisad till den äldre (och mer korträckviddiga)
MBDA MICA.
BulgarianMiliraty skrev:The Mirage 2000 is quite outdated technology. The plane made its first flight in 1978 and until now about 600 units have been produced. It would be hard to match the capabilities of the F-16 or the other French Rafale fighter. Its production was stopped in 2007. The chances of the Mirage 2000 ending up in Ukraine are high. Especially because the west mostly supplies outdated retired equipment, and sometimes something more modern.
Otherwise, the fighter is powered by a single SNECMA M53-P2 afterburning turbofan engine, 64.3 kN [14,500 lbf] thrust dry, 95.1 kN [21,400 lbf] with afterburner. Can carry max. takeoff weight of 17,000 kg [37,479 lb]. The maximum flying speed that the aircraft can reach is 2,336 km/h [1,452 mph, 1,261 kn] / Mach 2.2 at high altitude and 1,110 km/h [690 mph; 600 kn] at sea level.
It is armed with two 30 mm [1.2 in] DEFA 554 revolver cannons, 125 rounds per gun. There are a total of nine hard points that can support a weight of 6,300 kg. It can fire air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, but not anti-corruption missiles or anti-radiation missiles. It can also drop unguided and guided bombs.
Oleh Katkov i ukrainska Defense Express anser
Shooting down gliding bombs is a non-starter. Our main task is to fight against the (aircraft that drop them) themselves. The only scenario that will allow us to repel enemy aviation with all of these high-precision weapons is to obtain modern Western fighters. We need not just Mirage-2000 or Panavia Tornado, but full-fledged 4+ generation fighters such as F-16, F/A-18, Eurofighter, Rafale, or Gripen. Only they have the corresponding range of radar stations that can detect the enemy at a greater distance and launch AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles with effective air combat ranges. Even if we have only a few of these aircraft, it will enable us to repel enemy aviation to some extent.
Lägg märke till den skillnad Katkov gör mellan äldre och nyare plan (full-fledged 4+ generation fighters) bland de uppräknade typerna ovan.